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Revisions to the Endangered Species Act’s Section 4(d) Rule for the African Elephant

Revisions to the Endangered Species Act’s Section 4(d) Rule for the African Elephant

Dr. Mary Cogliano Manager, Branch of Permits, Division of Management Authority U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Via online submission, Docket No. FWS-HQ-IA-2021-0099 Dear Dr. Cogliano We are biologists and experts in the in situ research and conservation of African elephants, natural resource management, and international conservation and wildlife trade policy. In light of our professional experience, we submit the following comments on the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service’s (FWS) proposed revisions to the Endangered Species Act (ESA) Section 4(d) rule for the African elephant in relation to...

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South African elephants get to choose their pick of the crop – literally!

South African elephants get to choose their pick of the crop – literally!

By Elephants Alive Remember your school cafeteria? You have probably pushed those memories to the furthest corner of your mind... And we don’t blame you! However, we are asking you to dig them up, just briefly, and bring to mind the serving counters, with their rectangular dishes, each holding a different (but oddly similar looking) component of the daily menu. See it? Sorry, we’re getting to the point shortly! Now imagine it isn’t you standing in the queue, but two big bull elephants, getting to pick and choose what they’d like to put on their lunch plate. Well, that’s exactly what we...

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Landscape of fear: crime, corruption and murder in greater Kruger

Landscape of fear: crime, corruption and murder in greater Kruger

By Julian Rademeyer - Enact he national park’s most-pressing challenge is no longer preventing rhino poaching but eradicating internal corruption. For more than a decade, Kruger National Park has faced a relentless onslaught of rhino poaching. But today its greatest threat is internal corruption,...

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The Journal of African Elephants was created by a group of concerned journalists, biologists and conservationists, who, after years of tracking and documenting the catastrophic decline of Africa’s elephant populations, have recognised the urgent need for a dedicated English and French news and commentary space to enhance and increase global awareness of the plight of Africa’s savanna and forest elephants. Our Commentary service, in particular, are writers that focus on the need to provide awareness of Africa’s elephants and affected surrounding human communities from a distinctly African perspective that, for the most part, is lacking in the dominance of Western media.